ABERDONIAN PAUL CORMACK TOP SCOT AMONG 25 QUALIFIERS

Craig Lawrie, chip off the old block under pressure 

 

CRAIG LAWRIE SQUEEZES THROUGH 

WITH LATE BIRDIE AT SLALEY HALL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
A total of 25 Scots over the four Stage 1 venues have qualified for next week's 54-hole PGA EuroPro Tour Final Qualifying School at Frilford Heath, Oxfordshire.
Paul Lawrie's elder son Craig made it through with nothing to spare, thanks to a late birdie in his second round at Slaley Hall.
Craig shot a pair of 79s for 158 - the limit mark at the Northumbria venue.
He had a quadruple bogey 8 at the ninth and other shots dropped at the sixth, seventh, 11th and 13th but, knowing that a birdie over the last few holes could be vital, he got one at the 15th.

There were 16 other Scots qualifiers at Slaley Hall, led by Aberdonian Paul Cormack, pictured, who has been playing the mini-tours in America for the past three or four years. A former NE Alliance champion, Cormack had rounds of 74 and 72 to be joint second qualifier on 146.
Jordan McColl and Ross Kellett qualified in joint fourth place on 147 and Mark Hillson was a shot behind them in a tie for seventh place.
Paul Lawrie Golf Centre man Kris Nicol and Montrose assistant Graeme Brown made it through in joint 10th place on 150.
Other Scots who qualified at Slaley Hall were John Henry (154), Scott Henry, Graham Rankin and Neil Henderson (all 155), Conor O'Neil, Sam Binning, Eric Ramsay and James Hendrick (all 157). Fraser McKenna and Scott Crichton got through alongside Craig Lawrie on 158.
Calum Smith (159) will be a reserve.
Scots qualifiers at Formby Hall were Ross Bell and Graham Forbes in joint ninth place on 148, Paul Robinson (149) and Andrew Borg (156)

Ellon's Ross Cameron, pictured left, sponsored by Saltire Energy, totalled 143 and was the only Scottish qualifier at Woldingham. 
At the Players Club, Graham Guthrie (149), Robert Reynolds (150) and Mark Rae (151) were the Scots who made it.

STAGE 1 SCOREBOARD

DE VERE SLALEY HALL

LEADING QUALIFIERS

145 J Wilkinson (Eng) 71 74

146 P Cormack (Sco) 74 72, M Murphy (Ire) 71 75

OTHER SCOTS QUALIFIERS

147 J McColl 76 71, R Kellett (T4)

148 M Hillson 76 72 (T7)

150 K Nicol 73 77, G Brown 74 76 (T10)]

154 J Henry 75 79 (T17)

155 S Herald 77 78, G Rankin 78 73, N Henderson 79 76 (T19)

157 C O'Neil 81 76, S Binning (am) 79 78, E Ramsay 75 82, J Hendrick (am) 77 80

158 F McKenna 78 80, S Crichton 79 79. C Lawrie 79 79.;

SCOTS WHO FAILED

159 C Smith 82 77

161 J Dick79 82

162 M Patterson 82 80.

168 N Huguet 85 83, J Mullaney 83 85

172 S Macneil (am) 86 86, P Allan 85 87.

175 I Robertson 84 91

179 S Coia  85 94

Retired: M Cunningham 82 -

No Return: E Walker 83 NR

FORMBY HALL

LEADING QUALIFIERS

143 D Wright (Eng) 70 73

144 S Douglas (Eng) 75 69

SCOTS WHO QUALIFIED

148 R Bell 72 76, G Forbes 74 74 (T9)

149 P Robinson 75 74 (T25)

156 A Borg 79 787 (T47)

SCOTS WHO FAILED

166 P McGhee 80 86

169 J Pollock 82 87.

THE PLAYERS CLUB

LEADING QUALIFIERS

140 M Swales (Eng) 71 69

141 R Boyns (Eng) 75 68

SCOTS QUALIFIERS

149 G Guthrie 79 70 (T26)

150 R Reynolds 75 75 (T29)

151 M Rae 77 74 (T36)

SCOT WHO FAILED

154 F Bullough 74 80.

WOLDINGHAM

LEADING QUALIFIERS

131 P Tarver-Jones (Eng) 64 67

136 J Rutherford (Eng) 71 65

SCOTTISH QUALIFIER

143 R Cameron 72 71 (T15)

SCOT WHO FAILED

151 T Innes Ker 74 77